sbdcsierra Chapter 197 Su Peisheng (26)
Chapter 197 Su Peisheng (26)
Su Peisheng has been living a very fulfilling life recently.
During the day, he taught An Lingrong some economics, politics, and history lessons in Yongshou Palace; occasionally when An Lingrong was doing homework, he would cultivate the father-son relationship with Hong Zao. At night, when he was not on duty, he would sneak over to talk about love and have sex with An Lingrong.
An Lingrong felt that this was almost the happiest time in her life.
At the beginning, she wanted to commit herself to Su Peisheng, and she even tied him up, but she was forced to do so.
At that time, she only thought that as long as Su Peisheng could help her, help her consolidate her favor and gain a firm foothold in the palace, it would not matter if she just pretended to be nice to him temporarily.
Those who achieve great things do not pay attention to small details. This was the conclusion she came to after reading various books during that period.
But when did her thinking change?
Perhaps it was the time when Su Peisheng patiently and sincerely taught him all kinds of knowledge over the past few years;
Perhaps it was when Su Peisheng realized the difficulties he was too embarrassed to talk about, and silently spent money on himself;
Perhaps the emperor was only concerned with Zhen Huan's every move and smile, but turned a blind eye to his own situation of being tortured and ridiculed, while Su Peisheng immediately changed his current situation;
Or maybe it's the time when he knows clearly that he is selfish, dark, vicious, sensitive, and narrow-minded... but he still accepts himself, treats himself well, and cherishes himself.
Sensitive and attentive people can sense at the first moment that others are holding back on them, and naturally can also feel the wholehearted love of others for them at the first moment.
Yinreng spent his whole life healing the time-traveling version of An Lingrong. He taught her the ways of the emperor and orthodox political tactics, and also taught her love and tolerance, allowing her to have the ability to love.
Now, after traveling through time and space and becoming Su Peisheng, she has passed on these abilities and all the kindness she had in her past life to her native An Lingrong.
Su Peisheng did all this sincerely, and An Lingrong could naturally feel it.
If it was just for fun, Su Peisheng wouldn't have spent so much time and energy on her. Starting from scratch, he taught her how to manage palace affairs, handle government affairs, win over people's hearts, and even helped her regain her confidence.
Su Peisheng gave her a sense of security with his actions. Most importantly, they had Hong Zao, and they would even have more children in the future.
If An Lingrong didn't have to pay her respects to Empress Yixiu every day, she would almost think that she and Su Peisheng were husband and wife and living a happy life.
However, the situation is almost the same now. The emperor is fascinated by Zhen Huan's mother again. However, An Lingrong is not jealous at all now. No matter who the emperor favors, she already has the best Su Peisheng in the world.
It would be best if the emperor did not come. As both of them are middle-aged men, Su Peisheng does not have the throne. In An Lingrong's opinion, his physique, physical strength, personality, and attitude towards herself... are all much better than the emperor.
An Lingrong lived her happy life happily, while Zhen Huan became abnormal in silence.
The thing is, when Zhen Huan was just demoted to a concubine, she was so shocked that after being persuaded by her mother to go back, she COSed as a zombie in the Sui Yuxuan, looking disheartened and like a walking corpse.
But even if Zhen Huan herself wanted to continue to be decadent like this, the people who cared about her would not have the heart to see her end in vain.
Considering that Zhen Huan's two main lickers Wen Shichu and Shen Meizhuang are still around, they will not sit idly by and watch Zhen Huan fall into such depravity.
This time, Liu Zhu didn't dare to blame Yun Xinluo for only caring about herself even though she was in confinement after childbirth, and not pushing the emperor to her daughter.
Shen Meizhuang no longer dared to say "What kind of deep mother-daughter love is this?", but she still felt that she had to compete for favor in the harem. She herself was not afraid, after all, she relied on her good father and good brothers to curry favor with the Queen Mother. With the Queen Mother's protection and the Shen family watching over her, people in the palace would not easily abuse her.
But Shen Meizhuang was genuinely worried about Zhen Huan. Her biological father was chopped off, her biological mother has now become her love rival, and her only biological sister Zhen Yurao is now being raised in her biological mother's Zhongcui Palace. How can she not be doted on?
Shen Meizhuang explained to Zhen Huan earnestly, citing classics and presenting facts and reasoning, how hard it would be to live without favor in the palace. She did not have a family background like herself. The Queen Mother was very disliked by everyone with the surname Zhen because of the death of her three grandsons and her biological mother, the "evil concubine". Without favor and without children, what would Zhen Huan do for the rest of her life?
Shen Meizhuang, who was not concerned about her own affairs, once again aroused Zhen Huan's fighting spirit.
However, although Zhen Huan already had a plan, she still pretended to cry and asked Mei Zhuang: "The one who is most favored right now is my mother. Do you want me to compete with my mother for favor?"
Shen Meizhuang was very disappointed: "Since you are mother and daughter, your interests are naturally shared. Aunt, no, since Concubine Wan is still in confinement, she is naturally unable to serve the emperor. Why not take advantage of this time to serve the emperor more? If you are lucky enough to have another child, it will not be a bad thing for Concubine Wan, right?"
Zhen Huan pretended to be in a dilemma. She covered her head in pain and said, "Let me think about it. After all... I really... Let me think about it carefully, Sister Mei."
Shen Meizhuang sighed, and Wen Shichu happened to come to check Zhen Huan's pulse, so he continued to persuade Shen Meizhuang. The general idea was that the emperor was getting older and older, and the chances of them getting pregnant would be less and less, so Zhen Huan should seize the opportunity.
After being persuaded by the two licking dog duo, Zhen Huan finally reluctantly agreed to find a way to regain favor.
Zhen Huan thought that if she showed some skills, Fatty Ju would be hooked soon. After all, judging from Fatty Ju's previous behavior towards her, Fatty Ju was actually quite worthless in front of her, and she often gave Fatty Ju the cold shoulder.
Who would have thought that this time, after getting a 99% like AAA high-imitation Chunyuan figurine, Fat Orange actually turned over a new leaf and treated other women even more gentlemanly than a gentleman, even more virtuous than Liu Xia Hui.
He even harshly commented on Zhen Huan's "flirting" and "unbecoming".
It's different now. Everything seems to be really different. Zhen Huan thought that if she put aside her pride and self-esteem and condescended to be with Fatty Ju, he would come running to her like before to renew their relationship. But after having a mother, she couldn't even be a beloved substitute.
Jiang Zhongmin has been replaced because he provided Zhen Huan with the equipment to seduce Pangju, and the new chief steward of the Imperial Household Department has no affection for Zhen Huan.
The things delivered to Sui Yuxuan became worse and worse day by day; every time she went to pay her respects, the ridicule and mockery from the crowd was like a raging torrent of horror, pouring in continuously and almost drowning Zhen Huan.
An Lingrong witnessed how Zhen Huan gradually became like herself when she first entered the palace. In fact, the jealousy and dissatisfaction in Zhen Huan's eyes became even stronger.